Detroit Mercy basketball adds Steve Payne as assistant coach

5:02 PM,
Jul. 30, 2013

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Detroit Free Press Staff

The Detroit Mercy men's basketball coaching staff is now complete after announcing the hiring of assistant coach Steve Payne on Tuesday.

The Titans played last season down two assistants after Derek Thomas resigned Oct. 31 and Carlos Briggs was fired Nov. 1.

Payne had a stellar playing career at Ball State under coach Ray McCallum, now the coach at UDM. Payne was a three-time All-Mid-American Conference pick and helped the Cardinals to two MAC regular-season and tournament championships and two NCAA tournament berths. ...